The Condition and Fate of England ...J. & H.G. Langley, 1843 - England |
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... report of a thousand cannon say in most significant language , that En- gland is there . To the reflecting man there is meaning in that shot which goes round the earth . England sends her messengers abroad to every nation , and the ...
... report of a thousand cannon say in most significant language , that En- gland is there . To the reflecting man there is meaning in that shot which goes round the earth . England sends her messengers abroad to every nation , and the ...
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... Report has styled them , " hot - beds of vice and wretchedness . " When the able Report of the Poor Law Commissioners was laid before Parliament , in 1817 , Brougham fear- lessly declared , that " it unfolded a state of society ...
... Report has styled them , " hot - beds of vice and wretchedness . " When the able Report of the Poor Law Commissioners was laid before Parliament , in 1817 , Brougham fear- lessly declared , that " it unfolded a state of society ...
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... Reports " These children are oftentimes stolen for this purpose . They are very liable to cough and inflammation of the chest , from their being out at all hours , and in all weathers ; these are gene- rally increased by the ...
... Reports " These children are oftentimes stolen for this purpose . They are very liable to cough and inflammation of the chest , from their being out at all hours , and in all weathers ; these are gene- rally increased by the ...
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... Report of the Committee of which I have spoken , " which I used to buy at 72s . , I am now paying 114s . for ; and the moist sugar for which I used to pay 52s . I am now paying 84s . and 86s . for ; and we are in- formed the price will ...
... Report of the Committee of which I have spoken , " which I used to buy at 72s . , I am now paying 114s . for ; and the moist sugar for which I used to pay 52s . I am now paying 84s . and 86s . for ; and we are in- formed the price will ...
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... Report states too , that the consumption of sugar in Paris and Vienna is dou- ble the amount consumed in England in propor- tion to the population . The reason of this differ- ence is apparent . The poor Englishman , or Scotchman , or ...
... Report states too , that the consumption of sugar in Paris and Vienna is dou- ble the amount consumed in England in propor- tion to the population . The reason of this differ- ence is apparent . The poor Englishman , or Scotchman , or ...
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Page 32 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 50 - Enemies' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men; Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up to manhood, and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois.
Page 51 - is given : and they blow the souls out of one another ; and in place of sixty brisk useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far enough apart ; were the entirest strangers ; nay, in so wide a Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual helpfulness between them. How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and, instead of shooting...
Page 120 - O'er treasures burthening life, and buried deep In cavern-tomb, and sought through shades and stealth, By some pale mortal, trembling at his wealth. But woe for those who trample o'er a mind ! A deathless thing ! They know not what they do, Nor what they deal with. Man perchance may bind The flower his step hath bruised ; or light anew The torch he quenches ; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew ; — But for the soul I — oh I tremble, and beware To lay rude hands upon...
Page 259 - I wish to call the attention of the Board to the pits about Brampton. The seams are so thin that several of them have only two feet headway to all the working. They are worked altogether by boys from eight to twelve years of age, on all-fours, with a dog belt and chain. The passages being neither ironed nor wooded, and often an inch or two thick with mud. In Mr. Barnes...
Page 235 - We have offended, Oh! my countrymen! We have offended very grievously, And been most tyrannous. From east to west A groan of accusation pierces Heaven! The wretched plead against us; multitudes Countless and vehement, the sons of God, Our brethren!
Page 32 - God that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof, and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me, at his general judgment-seat, where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not, whatsoever the world' may think of me, mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared.
Page 266 - I found assembled round a fire a group of men, boys, and girls, some of whom were of the age of puberty; the girls as well as the boys stark naked down to the waist, their hair bound up with a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips.
Page 272 - I am decidedly of opinion that women brought up in this way lay aside all modesty, and scarcely know what it is but by name. Another injurious effect arises from the modern construction of cottages, where the father, mother and children are all huddled together in one bed-room ; this tends to still more demoralization.
Page 56 - It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without the benefit of clergy; or, in other words to be worthy of instant death.